Best ways to get Gems for FREE in Idleon

While Idleon is a free-to-play game, it heavily relies on the Gem shop and the upgrades that you can buy from there make the game A LOT easier.

Thankfully it is technically possible to buy every single thing from the gem shop for free, but getting free gems is very slow and time consuming.

In this guide we gathered a few of the best ways to grind some gems for free to get the most important upgrades. Check out our gem shop priorities guide!

Farming World Bosses for Gems

The most common way to gain many guaranteed gems for free is by continuously fighting World Bosses, which have a high chance of dropping a gem or two.

Before you get too excited, you must first buy the ability for bosses to drop gems in the first place.

This can be acquired from from the World 2 Merit Shop and it can be purchased 8 times, giving 7% gem drop chance per purchase.

The reason why this method is so effective is when you reach World 4 and World 5, those boss keys are dropped by normal mobs which can then be easily farmed, especially once you get stronger and have huge multi-kill tiers to get more drops.

Key	Monster	Key Drop Chance
Troll’s Enclave Key	Stilted Seeker World 4 Enclave of Eyes	1 in 15K
Kruk’s Volcano Key	Biggole Mole World 5 Miner Mole Outskirts	1 in 75K
Kruk’s Volcano Key	Crawler World 5 Crawly Catacombs	1 in 50K
Kruk’s Volcano Key	Tremor Wurm World 5 The Worm Nest	1 in 25K

Getting boss keys for Worlds 1-3 is only possible through Colosseums and mini-bosses. Also you can purchase a merit from the World 1 Merit Shop which increases the chance of bosses dropping boss keys up to a 40% chance at level 10.

As a final tip once you start your boss farming, it’s a good idea to do the runs with a Journeyman as long as you have enough damage to kill them in one hit (for speed purposes) as Journeyman has two great talents that increase drop rate and thus the chance for gem drops.

Talent	Description	Effect
Gimme Gimme	Monsters have % chance to drop 2x loot for x minutes.	Level 1: +1.31% for 3 minutes Level 100: +50% for 8 minutes
Rares Everywhere!	Items in all Rare Drop Tables are % more likely to drop.	Level 1: +0.37% chance Level 100: +16.67% chance
Curse Of Mr Looty Booty	+% Drop Rate -% Total Damage	Level 1: +0.69% Drop Rate -1.19% Total Damage Level 100: +35% Drop Rate -60% Total Damage

As you can see Gimme Gimme and Rares Everywhere are fantastic talents, but Curse of Looty Booty is only good if you have tons of extra damage left over so you can still kill the boss in one hit to farm as fast as possible.

Also the -% damage from the curse is bad for AFK gains so you might want to just ignore that talent unless you have a separate boss build that you don’t use for AFK gains.

Killing King Doot for Gems and Candies

King Doot is a legendary mini-boss due to the fact that he drops bundles of 5 gems and plenty of time candies.

The main downside is that each kill consumes a Dootjat Eye which needs an Antique Silver to craft and only one of those can be purchased per 24 hours.

Most people tend to gather tons of eyes first, then do tons of runs in a single day as Doot has a ‘rerun’ button to keep fighting him.

If you haven’t encountered Doot yet or don’t know how to get more than 1 Antique Silver per day, check out our King Doot guide for everything you need to know!

Colosseum Rewards

Colosseum runs are also great for getting a bunch of free gems, especially once you’re strong enough to run through them fast. Thankfully colosseum tickets stack, so you don’t need to use them every day, as long as you remember to claim them daily.

The most important thing to remember is that all colosseums use the same tickets. This is important because different colosseums have different costs and drop rates for gems.

All colosseums give the same amount of chests when fully completed, 3 bronze, 2 Silver and 3 Gold chests, but their gem drop rates are different! (If you didn’t get 8 chests, your score wasn’t high enough)

Here’s a small table showcasing how many gems you can get from each colosseum run:

Colosseum	Entrance Fee	Bronze Chest Gem Chance	Silver Chest Gem Chance	Gold Chest Gem Chance
Dewdrop Colosseum	1x	1 in 20	1 in 8.33	1 in 1.25 and 1 in 3.33
Sandstone Colosseum	2x	1 in 9	1 in 5	1 in 2.5
Chillsnap Colosseum	3x	1 in 8.33	1 in 4.35	1 in 2.22
Astro Colosseum	6x	1 in 8.33	1 in 4.35	1 in 2.22

As you can see, the World 1 colosseum is the only one that can drop more than 1 gem from a single Gold Chest and it is multiple times cheaper to enter than the other ones.

The main downside of the Dewdrop Colosseum in World 1 is the lower gem chances from the bronze and silver chests, however we do think it’s the best Colosseum to grind when it comes to pure gem farming.

Daily Spiketrap Minigame

The Spiketrap minigame is a secret map located in World 1, which you can access through a portal in the top left corner of Vegetable Patch.

You can also directly teleport there by typing If u love me let me go into the chat (first letter must be capitalized).

The minigame activates every hour but you can only do it once per day, unless you die to the first round of spikes, then you can retry during the same day.

The further in rounds you get, the more gems you get, up to 40 gems.

The spike spawns are purely random, so you can technically reach 40 gems by never moving at all after the game starts.

The only thing you should never do is stand on the small side platforms as they spawn the most spikes.

Achievement Rewards

There are tons of achievements in Idleon and a lot of them give gems as a reward, especially early on. A lot of them are exclusive to Steam, so if you happen to be playing on mobile, you won’t be able to get the rewards.

Achievement	Description
Learn 2 Forge	Get the Mining Certificate from Gumlee. (W1 - Tunnels Entrance)	10
Sleepy Gamer	Claim 100 hours of AFK gains.	5
Another Me!	Create a second character.	8
Classy!	Choose a class from Promotheus. (W1 - Valley of the Beans)	18
Learn 2 Entertain	Do Picnic Stowaway's questline. (W1 - Froggy Fields)	15
Rookie Player	Reach level 20 on any character.	8
Small Savings	Get 10,000 coins.	8
The Sculpture Within	Buy the Sculpting Tools from the W1 vendor. (W1 - Blunder Hills)	10
Card Collector	Collect 10 unique cards.	8
Do What You're Told	Complete 25 unique quests.	8
Learn 2 Translate	Get the Scouting Report from Stilzcho. (W1 - Jungle Perimeter)	20
Average Player	Reach level 40 on any character.	12
Crystal Beatdown	Defeat a Crystal Monster.	8
Spike Minigame Master	Get a score of 13 in the spike minigame.	20
Anvil Expansion	Craft the Anvil Tab 2 expander.	10
Tree Top Dropout	Reach the W1 - Where the Branches End map.	15
Guild Member	Claim 500 GP for your Guild.	14
Boss Buster	Defeat: Baba Yaga (W1 - Birch Enclave) and Dr. Defecaus (W1 - The Office)	15
Minecart Master	Get a score of 103 in the Mining minigame.	25
Choppin' to the Beat	Get a score of 141 in the Chopping Minigame.	25
Anothervil Expansion	Craft the Anvil Tab 3 expander	30
Bad Doggy!	Defeat Chaotic Amarok. (W1 - Encroaching Forest Villas)	25
Lucky 7s	Hit a monster for exactly 777 damage.	15
Peanut Pioneer	Become a Journeyman.	25
Meel Time!	Find Meel by going to W1 - The Office and dropping Bolt Cutters (a rare drop from Green Mushrooms) onto the sewer grate at the top right corner.	25
Pro Gamer Move	Have Glumlee's Special Tutorial Oil in your inventory while starting Glumlee's third quest.	10
Meet the Dev	Be in the same map as the developer. Best way to get this done is follow lava_flame2 on twitch and join his maps when he streams.	40
Down by the Desert	Reach world 2.	18
More and More Me!	Create your 4th character.	16
Elite Player	Reach level 60 on any character.	16
Retirement Fund	Save up 1 million coins	15
B-o-B to Help	Complete 75 unique quests on a single character.	16
Card Enthusiast	Collect 30 unique cards.	16
Fishing Finesse	Get a score of 67 or more in the Fishing Minigame.	25
Catching Coronation	Get a score of 128 or more in the Catching Minigame.	25
Crystal Superslam	Defeat 100 Crystal Mobs.	20
Slumbering Gamer	Claim 2,000 hours of AFK gains.	12
My First Trophy!	Equip any trophy.	25
Demon Demolisher	Defeat: Biggie Hours (W2 Colosseum Boss) and King Doot (W2 - Sands of Time)	25
Dumbo Destroyer	Defeat Chaotic Efaunt. (W2 - Djonnuttown)	35
Snowy Wonderland	Reach World 3.	25
Veteran Gamer	Reach level 80 on any character	20
A Family of Me!	Create your 8th character.	25
Big Mobs Eek	Defeat 5 Giant Monsters.	15
Powdered Neutronium	Rank up the second Refinery slot to Rank 2.	15
Large Fortune	Save up 100M coins.	25
Guild Higher-Up	Contribute 3,000 GP to your guild.	22
Legendary Gamer	Reach level 100 on any character!	23
There Can Be Only 1	Beat wave 50 of Wakawaka War without using more than 1 of each tower. (W2 - Up Up Down Down)	25
Blurple Skull	Get a Dementia Skull (purple skull) or higher on all W3 monsters on the Deathnote.	30
Simpin' for NPC's	Complete 150 unique quests on a single character.	24
Card Dude	Collect 120 unique cards.	24
Crystal Champ	Defeat 2,000 Crystal Monsters.	30
Comatosed Gamer	Claim 30K hours of AFK gains.	25
A Most Nice Sale	Sell a stack of 69 gems to the World 3 shop. (Gives you a 24 hour time candy)	1
Milky Wayfarer	Reach World 4.	25
Mythical Gamer	Reach level 125 on any character.	30
Petless	Trash 2,500 pets.	50
Hibernating Gamer	Claim 110K hours of AFK gains.	100
Lv.5 Nothing	Upgrade the 'No Upgrade Selected' to level 5 in World 4 Breeding menu.	30
Mutant Massacrer	Defeat: Dilapidated Slush (W3 - Refigeration Station) Mutated Mush (W4 - Spaceway Raceway) You must defeat Slush first!	30

Alchemy Liquid Shop

A great way to get 6-10 free gems per day is to buy them directly from the World 2 alchemy shop.

A single Gem can be purchased from the first shop section for 5 gems, which then increases greatly for every subsequent purchase so you will most likely be able to only afford 2-3 purchases per day as the fourth gem costs already over 2,000 liquid and the fifth costs around 16K.

The other shop tab contains another gem purchase which gives out 2 gems per purchase and functions the same way as the first tab when it comes to price scaling, making it very expensive to buy more than twice a day.

Still, 6 or more gems is a great deal for such a simple procedure, considering Alchemy can be quickly accessed from the Quick Ref tab.

Level Up Gift Bubble

Alongside the liquid shop, Alchemy has another great boost when it comes to getting free gems and that is the Level Up Gift bubble. It is the fourth bubble in the yellow cauldron.

First of all, the bubble is an ‘active’ bubble (instead of passive), meaning that you must equip it on a character for it to take effect (unless you get the Sheepie companion which makes all bubbles passive).

Then depending on the level of the bubble, you get a chance to get a random gift for every level you gain, including all skill levels and character levels. And since there are 10 characters with thousands of different levels, there’s tons of chances for this gift to occur.

Finally, when the level up gift does occur, the chance to get a gem as a gift out of it is around 30% which is very high!

You can also get things like time candy or experience balloons which are not too bad either.

Quest Rewards

Quests are generally pretty low on the scale when it comes to earning free gems, especially in comparison to the massive list of gem rewarding Achievements.

However the difference arises when you realize that achievements can only be completed once on one account, but most quests can be completed once with each character, which multiplies the gem gains tenfold and that adds up fast.

NPC	Location	Quest Name	Gem Reward
Scripticus	World 1 Blunder Hills	Can't somebody else do it?	150
Mutton	World 1 Freefall Caverns	Cross Platform Promotion	3
Picnic Stowaway	World 1 Froggy Fields	Early Evening Eating Endeavor Don't Desert the Dessert A Midnight Snack	2 1 3
Funguy	World 1 Winding Willows	Party Crashin'	4
Papua Piggea	World 1 Tucked Away	Oinko Boinko	2
Dazey	World 1 Hollowed Trunk	Dressing like a Dork	1
Telescope	World 1 Where the Branches End	I'm Seeing Stars!	10
TP Pete	World 1 Rat's Nest	Roll of Anger	2
Cowbo Jones	World 2 YumYum Grotto	The Grind Begins...? Say Goodbye to your Dubloon! The Notorious B.O.B The Worst Trade Deal in History Children? What'd they ever do for Me...	5 5 3 4 6
Desert Davey	World 2 YumYum Desert	U cool?	50
Postboy Pablob	World 2 YumYum Desert	Signed, Sealed and Lost in the Post	75
Centurion	World 2 The Mimic Hole	Colosseum GDQ	30
Snake Jar	Lookin' Like a Snack PSA. You Are Being Eaten! A Noob, served Medium Rare!	6 20 10
Bandit Bob	World 2 Bandit Bob's Hideout	Bringing Bob's Boxes	2
Goldric	World 2 Trickle Down Economics	Trickle Down Economics Hoopsies Only Winners have Portraits Criminal Code of Conduct	3 4 5 7
Carpetiem	World 2 Slamabam Straightaway	Darn Lazy Gamers! Be like Buster!	3 4
Loominadi	World 2 Up Up Down Down	Rhyming is Key! Uh, Something About Vials? Journey to the Center of the Blundermines	8 10 15
Wellington	World 2 Sands of Time	Findin' Fingerprints	5
Whattso	World 2 Salty Shores	The Whaley Hard Minigame	3
Scubidew	World 2 Faraway Piers	Don't Step to Me, Bro!	3
Hoggindaz	World 3 Frostbite Towndra	Turn ON for what??? Trapping with the Lord Constructing a Tower Monke Tower Time! Taking Samples	3 4 2 2 2
Iceland Irwin	World 3 Frostbite Towndra	Crikey, it's cold out!	25
Lord of the Hunt	World 3 Trappers Folly	The Mouse n the Molerat Noot Noot!	10 10
Lonely Hunter	World 3 Snowfield Outskirts	Leaf Him Alone!	5
Bill Brr	World 3 Overpass of Sound	Fairly Odd Damage Laughin' Amphibian	3 4

Sadly newer world quests don’t have gem rewards, so once you reach the end-game, you must stick to the other more repeatable actions like grinding World Bosses.

Killing Giants for Gems and Candies

Once you reach prayers in World 3, you can finally start spawning giant monsters by activating the Tachion of the Titans prayer.

A giant monster has a chance of 1 in 150 to spawn and each time you kill one, the chance to spawn one becomes smaller. Thankfully the chance resets every week.

The reason why Giants are so great is because they not only drop 250x more loot than a normal monster of that type, but they also have the following drop possibilities:

Item	Drop Chance
4 Gems	100%
1 Hour Time Candy	1 in 2.5
2 Hour Time Candy	1 in 5
4 Hour Time Candy	1 in 20
12 Hour Time Candy	1 in 100
24 Hour Time Candy	1 in 333
72 Hour Time Candy	1 in 3,330
Small EXP Balloon	1 in 2

Guild Gifts

Once you join a guild, you start receiving Guild Gifts every week. The amount of gifts you receive is dependent on the level of your guilds Guild Gifts bonus.

Just being in a guild will give you 2 gifts per week and at level 1, the Guild Gifts bonus has a 7% chance to give you a third gift.

However, this bonus can be levelled up all the way to level 100, which provides a 350% chance to receive a guild gift, meaning you are guaranteed the 2 base gifts, 3 extra gifts and 50% chance to get a fourth, so up to 6 gifts every week.

The reason why these gifts are so great, is because there is a high chance of getting 25 or 69 gems per box (multiplied by 5 or 6 gift boxes).

Below are the best possible rewards you can receive from a Guild Gift, but remember that you can only get one reward from a single Guild Gift.

Reward	Drop Chance
25 Gems	27%
69 Gems	15%
1 Hour Time Candy	6%
2 Hour Time Candy	5%
4 Hour Time Candy	2.5%
12 Hour Time Candy	1.5%
Premium LUK Stone	0.3%
Ultra Unboxer Trophy Stats: +3 STR/AGI/WIS/LUK +3 Defence +3% Drop Chance	0.2%

Arcade Rewards

The Arcade can be a nice source of gems if you are lucky, but as you get a lot of free arcade balls every day, there’s no downside to it.

You should check out our complete Arcade guide to see everything the Arcade has to offer and what you should spend your points on, but we listed the chances of getting free gems from the arcade below as well.

Bucket	Gem Amount	Chance if bucket is hit
Copper	1	12%
Silver	4	16.5%
Gold	16	16.6%
Dementia	50	18%
Dreadlo	250	17%
Godshard	2,000	100%

Holiday Events

A final way to get hundreds if not thousands of free gems is by participating in all the seasonal and holiday events that are time-limited.

There is no way to know in advance when these events take place, but they tend to happen during halloween, valentines, easter, summer holidays and Christmas holidays.

These events tend to add 50 gift box drops to monsters each day which drop cards, gems, candies and other rewards.

These events also have a big reward like a nametag or cape which can be unlocked by opening enough gifts during the event, so it’s definitely worth it to keep an eye out for such events and play every day during them.